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Bank" bill` (?) . 1. In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

2. In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.

Bank book <Xpage=117>

Bank" book` (?) . A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

Banker <Xpage=117>

Bank"er (?) , n. [See the nouns Bank and the verbs derived from them.] 1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.

2. A money changer. [Obs.]

3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.

4. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.

Grabb. J. Q. Adams.

5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]

6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.

Weale.

Bankeress <Xpage=117>

Bank"er*ess (?) , n. A female banker.

Thackeray.

Banking <Xpage=117>

Bank"ing , n. The business of a bank or of a banker.

Banking house , an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.

Bank note <Xpage=117>

Bank" note` (?) . 1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand.

&hand; In the United States popularly called a bank bill .

2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill , 2. [Obs.]

3. A promissory note payable at a bank.

Bankrupt <Xpage=117>

Bank"rupt (?) , n. [F. banqueroute , fr. It. bancarotta bankruptcy; banca bank (fr. OHG. banch , G. bank , bench) + rotta broken, fr. L. ruptus , p.p. of rumpere to break. At Florence, it is said, the bankrupt had his bench ( i.e., money table) broken. See 1st Bank , and Rupture , n. ] 1. (Old Eng. Low) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

Blackstone.

2. A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.

M<?/Culloch.

3. (Law) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

&hand; In England, until the year 1861 none but a "trader" could be made a bankrupt; a non-trader failing to meet his liabilities being an "insolvent". But this distinction was abolished by the Bankruptcy Act of 1861. The laws of 1841 and 1867 of the United States relating to bankruptcy applied this designation bankrupt to others besides those engaged in trade.

Bankrupt <Xpage=117>

Bank"rupt , a. 1. Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant .

2. Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury .

3. Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.

4. Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess). " Bankrupt in gratitude. "

Sheridan.

Bankrupt law , a law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See Insolvent , a.

Bankrupt <Xpage=117>

Bank"rupt , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bankrupted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bankrupting .] To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

Bankruptcy <Xpage=117>

Bank"rupt*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Bankruptcies (<?/).

1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.

2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.

3. Complete loss; -- followed by of .

Bankside <Xpage=117>

Bank"side` (?) , n. The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.

Bank-sided <Xpage=117>

Bank"-sid`ed (?) , a. (Naut.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided .

Bank swallow <Xpage=117>

Bank" swal"low (?) . See under 1st Bank , n.

Banlieue <Xpage=117>

Ban"li*eue` (?) , n. [F., fr. LL. bannum leucae , banleuca ; bannum jurisdiction + leuca league.] The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city.

Brande & C.

Banner <Xpage=117>

Ban"ner (?) , n. [OE. banere , OF. baniere , F. banni\'8are , bandi\'8are , fr. LL. baniera , banderia , fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa , bandwo , a sign. See Band , n. ] 1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak.

2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner .

Banner fish (Zo\'94l.) , a large fish of the genus Histiophorus , of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species ( H. Americanus ) inhabits the North Atlantic.

Bannered <Xpage=117>

Ban"nered (?) , a. bannered host."

Milton.

Banneret <Xpage=117>

Ban"ner*et (?) , n. [OE. baneret , OF. baneret , F. banneret ; properly a dim. of OF. baniere . See Banner .]

1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.

&hand; The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate, thereby making it a banner.

3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

4. A small banner.

Shak.

Bannerol <Xpage=117>

Ban"ner*ol (?) , n. A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole .

Bannition <Xpage=117>

Ban*ni"tion (?) , n. [LL. bannitio . See Banish .] The act of expulsion. [Obs.]

Abp. Laud.

Bannock <Xpage=117>

Ban"nock (?) , n. [Gael. bonnach .] A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.

Jamieson.

Bannock fluke , the turbot. [Scot.]

Banns <Xpage=117>

Banns (?) , n. pl. [See Ban .] Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.

Banquet <Xpage=117>

Ban"quet (?) , n. [F., a feast, prop. a dim. of banc bench; cf. It. banchetto , dim. of banco a bench, counter. See Bank a bench, and cf. Banquette .] 1. A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

2. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [Obs.]

We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And banquet be prepared here. Massinger.

Banquet <Xpage=117>

Ban"quet , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banqueted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Banqueting .] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge.

Banquet <Xpage=117>

Ban"quet , v.i. 1. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.

Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets , I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

2. To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.]

Where they did both sup and banquet . Cavendish.

Banquetter <Xpage=117>

Ban"quet*ter (?) , n. One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.

Banquette <Xpage=117>

Ban*quette" (?) , n. [F. See Banquet , n. ] 1. (Fort.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

2. (Arch.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.

Banshee, Banshie <Xpage=117>

Ban"shee , Ban"shie (?) , n. [Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.] A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

Banstickle <Xpage=117>

Ban"stic`kle (?) , n. [OE. ban , bon , bone + stickle prickle, sting. See Bone , n. , Stickleback .] (Zo\'94l.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

Bantam <Xpage=117>

Ban"tam (?) , n. A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

Bantam work <Xpage=117>

Ban"tam work` . Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

Banteng <Xpage=117>

Ban"teng (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The wild ox of Java ( Bibos Banteng ).

Banter <Xpage=117>

Ban"ter (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bantered (<?/); p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering .] [Prob. corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to beat to and fro. See Badinage , and cf. Barter fr. OF. barater .]

1. To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity .

Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic]

If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them. Chatham.

3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]

We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.

4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U.S.]

Banter <Xpage=117>

Ban"ter , n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.

Part banter , part affection. Tennyson.

Banterer <Xpage=117>

Ban"ter*er (?) , n. One who banters or rallies.

Bantingism <Xpage=117>

Ban"ting*ism (?) , n. A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.

Bantling <Xpage=117>

Bant"ling (?) , n. [Prob. for bandling , from band , and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. b\'84ntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. Bastard , n. ] A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]

In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings . W. Irving.

Banxring <Xpage=117>

Banx"ring (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia .

Banyan <Xpage=117>

Ban"yan (?) , n. [See Banian .] (Bot.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig ( Ficus Indica ), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

Baobab <Xpage=117>

Ba"o*bab (?) , n. [The native name.] (Bot.) A gigantic African tree ( Adansonia digitata ), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia .

Baphomet <Xpage=117>

Baph"o*met (?) , n. [A corruption of Mahomet or Mohammed , the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. Bafomet , OSp. Mafomat , OPg. Mafameda .] An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.

Baptism <Xpage=117>

Bap"tism (?) , n. [OE. baptim , baptem , OE. baptesme , batisme , F. bapt\'88me , L. baptisma , fr. Gr. <?/ , fr. <?/ to baptize, fr. <?/ to dip in water, akin to <?/ deep, Skr. g\'beh to dip, bathe, v. i. ] The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.

Baptismal <Xpage=117>

Bap*tis"mal (?) , a. [Cf. F. baptismal .] Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows .

Baptismal name , the Christian name, which is given at baptism.

Baptismally <Xpage=117>

Bap*tis"mal*ly , adv. In a baptismal manner.

Baptist <Xpage=117>

Bap"tist (?) , n. [L. baptista , G. <?/ ]

1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

Milton.

2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist .

In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation.

Amer. Cyc.

Freewill Baptists , a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion. -- Seventh-day Baptists , a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See Sabbatarian . The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists.

Baptistery,Baptistry <Xpage=117>

Bap"tis*ter*y (?) , Bap"tis*try (?) , n. ; pl. Baptisteries (<?/) , -tries (<?/) . [L. baptisterium , Gr. <?/ : cf. F. baptist\'8are .] (Arch.) (a) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near. (b) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.

Baptistic <Xpage=117>

Bap*tis"tic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ ] Of or for baptism; baptismal.

Baptistical <Xpage=117>

Bap*tis"tic*al (?) , a. Baptistic. [R.]

Baptizable <Xpage=117>

Bap*tiz"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized.

Baxter.

Baptization <Xpage=117>

Bap`ti*za"tion (?) , n. Baptism. [Obs.]

Their baptizations were null. Jer. Taylor.

Baptize <Xpage=117>

Bap*tize" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Baptized (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n.>/pos> Baptizing .] [F. baptiser , L. baptizare , fr.Gr. <?/ . See Baptism .] 1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to.

2. To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.

I'll be new baptized ; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. Shak.

3. To sanctify; to consecrate.

Baptizement <Xpage=117>

Bap*tize"ment (?) , n. The act of baptizing. [R.]

Baptizer <Xpage=117>

Bap*tiz"er (?) , n. One who baptizes.

Bar <Xpage=117>

Bar (?) , n. [OE. barre , F. barre , fr. LL. barra , W. bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir. barra bar. <?/ 91.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.

Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. Ex. xxvi. 26.

2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.

3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

Must I new bars to my own joy create? Dryden.

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4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons .

6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court . (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.

7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.

8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.

9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.

10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.

11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures .

&hand; A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure , i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars ; two bars' rest.

12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.

13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode.